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It's a good thing I live within 10 miles of two power plants. I wonder how much it will cost me to run a dedicated line to the nuclear plant to power a pair of those.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
–The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
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You have to add NPTTH(Nuclear Power to the Home) in order for this card to work. I'll most likely buy one of these but that also means I need to buy a new mobo, memory, power supply, cpu, blah blah blah....
Yep, 1KW PS here I come.Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
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The 65nm respin is supposed to consume 240W as opposed to 270W for the 80nm part (mostly OEM cards). That's about what a 8800GTX needs IIRC (~240W) ?
No Crossfire or SLI if you don't have a 800W+ PSU but for a single card 500-600W should suffice.
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Originally posted by Fluff View PostNeed an external GPU/PSU solution please.
We had to see it to believe it, but the Asus XG Station does indeed turn that wimpy laptop of yours into a somewhat capable gaming rig. The cats at ASUS set us up with a head-to-head demo of two, 'zactly spec'd laptops with awesomely weak Intel GMA 945 graphics processors -- just one of the two was hooked up to an Asus XG Station via ExpressCard. After attaching the external monitor to one of the XG's two DVI connectors, Asus let the gaming demo fly. The stock laptop struggled to keep up with the action with noticeably huge jumps in frames making intense game play a non-starter. The XG-equipped laptop, however, hummed along quite happily. Game play was smooth though a few frames were occasionally dropped. Surround sound is in fact simulated, which is both good and bad: the good is you get pseudo 5.1 surround from any headphones; the bad is you get pseudo 5.1 surround from any headphones. Verdict: the XG Station is ready to game as long as you don't expect it to perform like a dedicated gaming rig. But if you're the occasional gamer who like his lappie ultra-portable and under powered for gaming as a result, then this might be the solution for you. Lots of pics after the break. Hands on with the ASUS XG Station external GPU
Of course, you need an ExpressCard slot. Good thing my new laptop has one External PCIe is going to be fun.“Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get outâ€
–The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett
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with the 65nm respin I doubt it will even consume 240W. You might want to budget in 240W when you are looking at PSU's, but it will probably only use like 150W.
So if you are looking at PSUs, a solid 600W should be ok if you aren't doing SLI.
The Corsair CMPSU-620HX 620W seems to be the PSU of choice now.Q9450 + TRUE, G.Skill 2x2GB DDR2, GTX 560, ASUS X48, 1TB WD Black, Windows 7 64-bit, LG M2762D-PM 27" + 17" LG 1752TX, Corsair HX620, Antec P182, Logitech G5 (Blue)
Laptop: MSI Wind - Black
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Originally posted by High_Jumbllama View PostThat's because it is load sharing.
Load sharing only works across two 6000W PS. Each PS requires 2 16A 220v plugs that allow 2900W with one plug or 6000W with 2 plugs. You can also use 110v plugs but you only get 2900W. You can also run a second 6000W PS and load share between the two, so if one goes down, the other will take over. I'm not sure about the 6000W PS, but the smaller ones allow you to run in single mode which will double the power to the system.Last edited by Helevitia; 18 April 2007, 23:00.Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.
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